okay, I don't want to know what you guys think about small form factor rigs, so much as if these parts are good.

this rig will be used mostly for gaming (anything and everything really, from WoW to Crysis) on up to a 24" (1600x1200) screen, as well as some F@H, but needs the smaller size to go from LAN to LAN. 3D rendering may also be a use, not entirely sure yet. No Over-clocking

budget is ~2000$, can be slightly above within reason or if there is a really good reason to

I haven't been able to check prices from every online retailer nor do I know the ins and outs of what's best, but that's why I'm posting here.

I rounded all prices up because I hate typing in .99 after every price ><

all prices from newegg

Am I forgetting anything? I don't think so...but good to have someone double check XD

edit: yeah, another option I was looking at was to potentially drop the blu-ray player in favor of a normal dvd drive and getting an OCZ vendetta SSD (30GB) for 140$ to put the OS on...but I don't know if load times are THAT important...what do you think?

Change the caviar black 500 for 640, faster and not realy more expensive. The case is correct but NZXT fan suck a lot :) get Yate loon or Noctua to replace them because the PC will be a true trubine. Aslo swich the D-link to a linksys, D-link use the same ******* antena from the bigining resulting in many overload of it and connection crash the time the antenna get empty. Linksys don't have this problem. You can also drop the blu ray for now, or get a cheap LG for 100$, Blu ray are to expensive and are not realy set on the computer market. Wait for them coming to descent price.

Try to use a modular PSU in that case, or any SFF case for the matter. Much easier in cable management.

ooh, thanks, that's good to know, any recommendations on a decent SSD? do you personally use a SSD for your OS? how is it? worth it?

good point on the modular psu...I'll look for an equivalent.

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Change the caviar black 500 for 640, faster and not realy more expensive. The case is correct but NZXT fan suck a lot :) get Yate loon or Noctua to replace them because the PC will be a true trubine. Aslo swich the D-link to a linksys, D-link use the same ******* antena from the bigining resulting in many overload of it and connection crash the time the antenna get empty. Linksys don't have this problem. You can also drop the blu ray for now, or get a cheap LG for 100$, Blu ray are to expensive and are not realy set on the computer market. Wait for them coming to descent price.

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hmm, yeah, investing in better fans does sound like a good idea. true on the BD, burning would be pointless, since not many people I could give a blu ray disc with content on it...reader would be a better option...I'll think about it.

care to elaborate on what you mean by "connection crash the time the antenna get empty"? I'm guessing you went off on a rant tangent and didn't make yourself quite clear.

ahah sorry i explain.( I use the term full as reference to the bandwitch the antenna have with the routeur ) When Wireless start the amount of data going by was little but now much and much data are passing by the antena at a time. and when the antena is slower she finish by getting full like a funnel. The only way to clean it is to interupt connection for about 5 second ( wich is time for windows to cut connection ) empty the antena and then try to re-connect. It result in connection lose and web disconection. If you are no on a automatique connection internet you will need all these time to reconect manually. Is it more clear right now?